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[BrittanyMarie]

I am sufficiently intrigued to see what they're doing now since Sung Tongs and Feels are the only two I really like as well (with bits and pieces off Here Comes the Indian) and them doing something even weirder than usual. HMM

(Also I agree with zerodrone's def of one-hit wonder as well- in the US [because I'm sure the charts are different elsewhere] you are a one-hit wonder if you had one song and one song only to hit the Top 40. I argued this in a different thread as well in that while Blur may or may not be a good band and may or may not have any successful and good albums, they are a one-hit wonder in the us in that Song 2 is the only song of theirs to have charted here. I realize that this argument would mean that Jimi Hendrix and also the Grateful Dead are one-hit wonders.)

[E. Spaceman]

Radiohead did have a number one record in Kid A though

[Johnny C]

Also, and I can't believe I'm the first one saying this, fuck sales charts!

[Jackie Blue]

Well the thing is, and I know this is hard to believe these days, after "She Don't Use Jelly" and before The Soft Bulletin the Flaming Lips were even considered a one-hit wonder, not-worth-listening-to band by even a lot of indie rock fans.  A lot of my friends either weren't aware that they'd put out five albums before that song or sort of rolled their eyes as if I were talking about, I don't know, Nada Surf or Tripping Diasy (and look how long it took Tim DeLaughter to get anyone to take him seriously).

[Inlander]

I still don't think it's possible to describe a band as a "one-hit wonder" until their career is finished (reunions not being counted). I mean, what if they have another hit?!

[KharBevNor]

Nah, I use the term "one-hit wonder" to refer to bands like Radiohead and the Flaming Lips, too.  Between the release of "She Don't Use Jelly" and the critical success of The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips were considered by the general public to be a one-hit wonder band, despite the fact that Clouds Taste Metallic is arguably their best album.

BUT RADIOHEAD AND THE FLMAING LIPS BOTH SUCK ISNAE QUANTIRTES OF WHALE COCK AND THEY IMBOBE THE SEMEN KLIKE A FUCKING DRUG

[ScrambledGregs]

I think we've lost the plot in this thread. The plot has run screaming out the front door and hopped into the first dark van that offered it candy.

[strangeparallel9]

animal collective makes me hard


especially live

[Thrillho]

Nah, I use the term "one-hit wonder" to refer to bands like Radiohead and the Flaming Lips, too.  Between the release of "She Don't Use Jelly" and the critical success of The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips were considered by the general public to be a one-hit wonder band, despite the fact that Clouds Taste Metallic is arguably their best album.

BUT RADIOHEAD AND THE FLMAING LIPS BOTH SUCK ISNAE QUANTIRTES OF WHALE COCK AND THEY IMBOBE THE SEMEN KLIKE A FUCKING DRUG

We need to get you some kind of block for your computer when you're drunk.

[KharBevNor]

You should get a block for your mum first.

UNF

[ScrambledGregs]

Why does this thread keep coming back??